“He was genuinely nice. He wanted nothing more than to make me happy and that is what sealed it for me,” she said.

“Yep,” he said.

Cupid’s arrow struck her during their second Silvertips date.

“When I looked over at him, he was so excited and so happy. He was like a little kid in a candy store. I hadn’t had a relationship that was so much fun,” she said.

“I was happy every minute I was with her,” he said.

Hower moved to Everett to be closer to Malek and their beloved Silvertips.

They’ll celebrate Valentine’s Day in the stands watching the Silvertips go up against the Vancouver Giants.

If only bleachers could talk.

Comcast Arena marketing director Tammi Bryant Olson said several years ago another couple who met at a Silvertips game got married there. She suspects the arena has spawned many romances. She’d like to hear from couples with a Comcast Arena love connection.

After all, she met the man of her dreams at a Silvertips game.

“He was a bartender,” she said. “We have been married seven years. We have a 5-year-old daughter.”